Whole lot of filing going on, I would guess, both index cards & folders in stacks. For a specialized use, for sure, not just general office....
I was wondering whether the other findings are so it can be used like a scarf ring. You could position it, then pin it as well to keep it from...
All I know is never believe anything that has 'antique' stamped on it.
Welcome, mrtexas. Have always heard that Texans like things to be big, but it doesn't work here with photo files, which have to be under 1MB.
Salesman's sample set. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
It looks Edwardian to me rather than Victorian; inclined to think it's just black.
Think this is most likely, since it is designed so that what is suspended can be removed & the hook folded out of sight for wear as a plain bar...
I'm with Holly, most likely to be black onyx.
The black & white cameo design originated in W. Germany, so post WWII, although judging by setting, this specimen not much after. Appears to be a...
Dress or night wear? They made some seriously gorgeous things not meant to be seen outside the bed chamber in the 1930s.
I run in to Tanit in a very different form. [ATTACH] On the coinage of Carthage, looking very much like Persephone on the coinage of Lokris...
Greetings, Matt. See you're teasing us a bit in your write up of the hanging candle holder thingy. OK, I'll guess. You're doing historical or...
Or Munchie Moderne? I don't see a second 's' for 'madness'.
Lamp shades are often replaced for one reason or another. I see these are routinely described as being decorated with grapes. I don't know what...
Here's one more recent in time:...
I'm sure it does. Unfortunately, the inscription on the side, unless somehow it comes to the attention of someone for whom it has personal...
Welcome, Mindpsyche. I already had fun dissecting your statuette.
Without being able to touch it & going by photos alone, I would have thought she was bronze. Possible it has been filled in with plaster or...
I'm assuming 'Karten' are maps, the way a cartographer is a map maker.
Definitely the same device, earlier version. The tables, etc., on the outside I think are just useful info for a commander to have at his...
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